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Internal_Supermarket_Consumption_Signals_Replenishment_Key_To_Lean_Manufacturing_via_E Kanban
| Internal Supermarket Consumption Signals Replenishment Key To Lean Manufacturing via E-Kanban
Internal SuperMarket Consumption Signals Replenishment: The use
of supermarkets is a kanban best practice. They insure steady
availability of material to consuming cells, albeit at a cost of
maintaining some inventory buffer. But how do supermarkets stay
stocked at the minimum inventory levels? Manufacturers, like DJ
Orthopedics has linked the supermarket electronically to
internal suppliers in their machine shop. This level of e-kanban
Lean efficiency is accomplished through Signum, the product of
Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com).
Fax Kanban is Not Efficient and Not Lean
At ten minutes per fax, someone is spending 3.5 hours per day in
administration time. That inefficiency results in less time to
utilize more suppliers or improve the relationships with
existing suppliers.
Furthermore, even if 99% of those faxes are trouble free
procurement signals, four faxes per month are going to be
problematic and dilute the entire rationale for a lean
manufacturing operation. Suppliers claim they did not receive
the fax kanban; suppliers cannot make the shipment date
requested and expedited shipping fees are incurred, or worse,
there will be a stockout which will negatively impact customer
service levels.
Datacraft Solutions www.datacraftsolutions.com Sam Bayer e-mail
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